Job Description

Frimley Health Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Surgical Dietitian for a part-time, 10 month fixed-term position until July 2026 .



You will work closely with the surgical team lead, nutrition team and multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred dietetic care across our surgical wards, including; upper and lower GI surgery, vascular surgery, colorectal, hepatobiliary and ICU step-down patients. The role involves nutritional assessment and management of complex surgical patients including enteral and parenteral nutrition support.



Frimley Health's dietetic team is a supportive and well-established department covering 12 specialties . The Trust places high value on wellbeing, supervision, and professional development , offering a positive and collaborative work environment with access to internal and external learning opportunities .



To provide assessment, treatment and management of surgical inpatients



To autonomously run a monthly outpatient clinic



Assess and manage patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition, including involvement of MDT and nutrition team in decision making



Liaise closely with MDT



Support service development and audit initiatives within the surgical team



Deliver training and education to ward staff and students



Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.



As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.



We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.



Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .



We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.



To be involved with the advanced assessment, treatment and management of complex patients on the surgical caseload and service development within this areas. Please refer to attached job description for further details.